Review Of The Paleotropical Neogastrini Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Acanthodrilidae: Benhamiinae) With Description Of Two New Genera
Author
Csuzdi, C. S.
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2010
2010-05-30
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12584512
2064-2474
12584512
Pickfordia pseudoplanaria
OMODEO
, 1958
Pickfordia pseudoplanaria
OMODEO
, 1958: 33
,
OMODEO
2000: 194
.
Pickfordia (Pickfordia) pseudoplanaria
:
CSUZDI
1993: 67
,
CSUZDI
1995: 117
,
CSUZDI
1996: 363
.
Diagnosis
.
L
.
30 mm
,
D
.
1 mm
.
No
. segments 140. Colour brown. Head tanylobous, first dorsal pore 4/5. Spermathecal pores four pairs, 5/6–8/9
a
. Clitellum saddle-shaped on 13–19. f 14, paired before setae
a–a
. m 18. Genital field lacking, prostatic pores 17, 19.
All septa membranous. Muscular gizzard lacking. Calciferous glands 14–15 open separately in the oesophagus. Last pair of hearts 12. Typhlosole vestigial. Excretory system holoic.
Testes 10, 11 free. Vesicles 9–12. Prostates 17, 19. Penial setae uniform,
L.
0.65 mm,
D
. 0.01 mm, tip slightly bent, ornamentation serrated bars. Spermathecae sac-shaped with an oval ampoule and a short duct which bears entally a small club-shaped diverticulum.
Distribution –
Guinea
, Mt. Nimba.